Browsing by Subject "France"
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Addressing the nation and Europe: a study of French presidential election texts, 1988-2007
(2013-02-12)This doctoral thesis examines how French presidential favourites have addressed the nation and Europe in their bids for the presidency from 1988 to 2007. The study demonstrates the malleability of de Gaulle's influence on ... -
Exploring temporality in first-person illness narratives (France, 1910-2017)
(NUI Galway, 2023-06-21)This thesis considers how first-person written accounts might provide an understanding of the lived experience of illness in France by exploring how temporality is evoked and expressed in texts drawn from a French ... -
Fidelity to founder under the Bourbon régime: the Congregation of the Mission, 1660-1736.
(2012-09-18)On 27 September 1660, the famous French reformer Vincent de Paul died. With his demise the institute of missionaries he founded and led for thirty five years, the Congregation of the Mission, was without its steward and ... -
From phantasmagoria to mundanity: the fetishization of the automobile in 20th-century French representations
(2015-01-30)The automobile is an object that has been systematically consumed to become part of the fabric of society, hence its impact and its perception make the car a particularly precise means of studying cultural values. As it ... -
The green fields of France: Ireland's sporting heroes and the Tour De France
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-07-06)Irish cyclists have been a regular feature of the Tour de France. By examining the lives and feats of the various Irish born riders that have taken part in the world's most famous bike race, this paper demonstrates the ... -
How French is 'French' sport?
(Edinburgh University Press, 2015-12)This article explores how sports in France have responded to the challenges of globalization, and also to the opportunities of an increasingly multicultural society. Two case studies are offered in which a distinctive ... -
Nicolas Sarkozy: Performing the French presidency
(Intellect, 2021-03-01)A presidential election can be viewed as a national drama in which a candidate casts herself/himself as a courageous protagonist who seeks to become a collective symbol that embodies the best qualities of the nation. Drawing ... -
Performing the Pied-Noir family: Weaving narratives of memory and identity
(2014-03-10)Although the Algerian war (1954-1962) is now fifty years past, it remains a contentious issue in France. In the aftermath of this particularly violent conflict, the French public was encouraged to forget the hostilities ... -
Processing and analysis of high temperature geothermal acoustic borehole image logs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
(Elsevier, 2014-06-19)Acoustic borehole televiewer (BHTV) logs provide direct observations of lithology, structure and in-situ stress in reservoirs, essential for successful well targeting and field management. Analyses of BHTV logs acquired ... -
‘Public’ aspects of lordly women’s domestic activities in France, c.1050–1200*
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A word of caution for feminist-decertifiers? The case of France’s racial disestablishment
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)This thinkpiece studies France’s relationship to race/ethnicity through a feminist lens. It explores the French government’s unique approach to its citizens’ identities which has effectively resulted in the disestablishment ...